Film

Howl

2010 · 1h 24m · Drama

The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

64%

Metacritic

63

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

James Franco

Allen Ginsberg

Todd Rotondi

Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott

Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit

Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn

Ralph McIntosh

Jon Hamm

Jake Ehrlich

Andrew Rogers

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Bob Balaban

Judge Clayton Horn

Mary-Louise Parker

Gail Potter

Treat Williams

Mark Schorer

Jeff Daniels

Professor David Kirk

Alessandro Nivola

Luther Nichols

Allen Ginsberg

Self

Sean Patrick Reilly

Six Gallery

Alex Emanuel

Six Gallery

Cecilia Foss

Beatnik Poet

• Jeffrey FriedmanDirector · Writer · Producer
• Rob EpsteinDirector · Writer · Producer
• Christine K. WalkerProducer
• Elizabeth RedleafProducer
• Jawal NgaExecutive Producer
• Gus Van SantExecutive Producer
• Edward LachmanDirector of Photography
• Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
• Jake PushinskyEditor
• Tiffany Little CanfieldCasting

Official Theatrical Trailer

Release date

August 26, 2010

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

R

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$1,183,258

Genres

Drama

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